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Trey HardinSenior VP at VOX Global; Republican strategist and former aide to House Leadership :

Liberals continue to try to have it both ways.

They don’t want Middle East oil. They don’t want offshore oil. And they don’t want Alaska oil - even though Alaskans are cool with having their oil drilled. Now they don’t want oil from our closest ally? Have they even bothered to think about the amount of jobs that would be created in the U.S. for building this pipeline?

Or what about the fact that many of those jobs will likely consist of their biggest supporters - labor unions? It is truly mystifying how many liberals don’t see the credibility consequences of some of their positions. On top of that, their leader wants to slow the legislative process down by separating the pipeline debate from the end of the year bill. Maybe he is reading some new poll that says the American people prefer a slower, more bureaucratic policymaking process.

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